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The Pungent Origin Story Of Emperor Constantine V Kopronymos

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Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
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Murasaki Shikibu

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Murasaki Shikibu (c. 970s-1014?) "As far as I can see, halfhearted refuge in religion is more likely to get you lost in an evil rebirth...

The Tale Of Saint-King Olaf’s Miraculous, Flameproof Hair

Who Destroyed the Library of Alexandria?

Balthild: The Anglo-Saxon Queen of the Franks

The Opportunistic Italian Rebellion Against The Newly Crowned And Besieged Emperor Leo III Of Constantinople

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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review

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In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Godfrey And His Controversial Prince of Parthia—The First Play Written And Performed In America

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Søren Kierkegaard

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The Tale Of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela—The Darkest Story In Greek Mythology

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According to ancient Greek myth and legend, a man named Tereus was once the ruler of a powerful Thracian kingdom. He was a mighty...

Eurybates And Talthybios Bringing Briseis To Agamemnon, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770)

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review

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Prometheus and Heracles, by Christian Griepenkerl (c. 1839–1916)

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This image of scantily-cloaked men was created by the German artist, Christian Griepenkerl (c. 1839–1916). It depicts a fortunate meeting of two prominent figures...

Confucius

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Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE) "A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds." The Analects of Confucius (Book XIV, section 29) translated by Arthur...

The Tale Of King Liutprand’s Bloody Banquet With His Kinsman Rothari

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King Liutprand (r. 712-744) came to power by riding on a wave of chaos and twists of fate. Liutprand’s path to the kingship originated...

The Legend Of Queen Zarinaia Of The Sacae

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Ctesias of Cnidus was a Greek physician and historian who found work in the Achaemenid Empire of Persia during the late 5th century BCE....

The Avar Outwitting Of Emperor Heraclius Of Constantinople

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Around 618 or 619, the Avars began a noticeable uptick in raiding and marauding into the Thrace region of the Empire of Constantinople, then...

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